It’s both. In English, it uses Germanic gods for all but Saturday. French uses the Roman names (Latin etymology instead of Germanic). Sunday and Monday exist in both (with different names for Sun and Moon), and Saturday in Germanic languages is usually not related to a deity (it varies by region though). In English we get a nice mix of gods because we have both Germanic and Latin roots.
Also, to convert Proto-Germanic to Old West Norse, Woden = Odin, Tor = Thor, Friga = Frigg/Freyja (the names got mixed up in etymology, they might be the same goddess), and Tiw/Tiwar = Tyr.
Sun day, Moon Day, Tiw’s Day, Woden’s Day, Thor’s Day, Friga’s Day, Saturn’s Day
In French and other languages these line up pretty with with the planets instead of the old English gods.
I thought it was Odin Thor Freya Saturn Sun Moon and then some really cool dude named Tiw
Some really cool guy? Tiw is Tyr, a god, and by some research possibly the previous leader of the gods before Odin somehow replaced him
yeah he sounds awesome
It’s both. In English, it uses Germanic gods for all but Saturday. French uses the Roman names (Latin etymology instead of Germanic). Sunday and Monday exist in both (with different names for Sun and Moon), and Saturday in Germanic languages is usually not related to a deity (it varies by region though). In English we get a nice mix of gods because we have both Germanic and Latin roots.
Also, to convert Proto-Germanic to Old West Norse, Woden = Odin, Tor = Thor, Friga = Frigg/Freyja (the names got mixed up in etymology, they might be the same goddess), and Tiw/Tiwar = Tyr.